Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-11
LOCAL NEWS.

price of course only for the very best
new-milk.
The Logan House "opening" comes to-
morrow evening, as will be seen by the
notice in another column.
The net proceeds of the wax-works
show given last week for the benefit of
the Y. NJ. C.. A. were about $685.
Principal Mead of the graded school
has leased his farm for the current year
to Mr. C. F. Harrington of Port Henry,
n. Y.
Quarterly meeting will be held at the
Methodist church next Sunday; quarter
ly conference on Tuesday, the 18th, at
10 a. IN.
Prof. and Mrs. Thos. f. Boyce have
moved into town. They will for the
present occupy rooms at Mr.. Caleb
Mortons on Water street.
Mr.. W. c. Danyew is soon to bring
another carload of horses from Boston.
He has already disposed of III of them
in this market in very few years.
Examinations have been in progress in
all the rooms at the graded school this
week. The winter term closes to day,
and there will be vacation of two weeks.
The mail train from the south, due
here at 3 %, did not get along till after
five o'clock. Monday night, owing to
delays below Rutland caused by the
storm.
Considerable hay is coming into town
to be pressed and shipped. The market
is little "otl-', and it now takes first
class article to bring 50 delivered at the
barns here.
The two Oldest men in town were
present to cast their votes at the last town
meeting-Mr. James Brown, who will be
IS the 25th of this month, and Mr.. John
Jackson, who was 81 last month.
Twenty or more from this and adjoining
towns went up to see Prof Bristol's ex-
hibition of trained horses at Burlington
on Wednesday. All were well pleased
with the entertainment.
The interest in baseball is still active
at the college. The sophomore team is
beginning to train, and tomorrow Messrs.
Allen and Eugene Howe will go to Bur-
lington to attend the annual meeting of
the State College Baseball association.
Prof. Wager will give the second lecture
in the "Trip across the Atlantic" course
at the y. NJ. c. \. hall tonight friday
at s o'clock; subject "From Old York to
Old Amsterdam. Free to members of
the association and Ladies' auxiliary: all
others. 10 cts. each.
Mr.. T. Kidder is about to branch out in
a new kind of business-the putting up
of ginger beer and other summer bever-
ages of the same character His factory
will be in the basement of his harness
shop. He will obtain his supply of water
from Mr.. Lanes aqueduct
There will be dime sociable in behalf
of the Ladies Aid society of the Baptist
church, next Tuesday evening, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Samuel Bacon. Those de-
string free conveyance are requested to
be at Dea. Chapman's at quarter before
seven. Should there be a hard storm, the
socmble will be postponed until Wednes-
day evening.
These officers were elected and installed
at the annual communication of Union
lodge, No. ,, F. and a. NJ, on Monday
evening last: W. NJ, w. III. Kingsley: 5.
W., A. J. Field; j. W., W. II. Brewster:
secretary, c. a. Piper; S. d., c. j. Mat
thews; j. d., a. ID. Wright; s. S., n. +.
Rider; j. s., c. ii. Severance; chaplain,
{. ). Sargent; tyler, j. NJ. Peck; mar
shall, IL. +. Smith.
n correspondent, "Observer,'' sends
us tn. following: "a question that con-
cernsthe citizens of Mddlebury: If a
GROVE of rude boys is permitted to hang
around the post-oflice and insultingly
SNOWFALL ladies and gentlemen passing
alongthe walk or riding in the street,
INV i'hS W III IL bt DtlOIt lIlt IMPRESSION
goes abroad that the village is under the
contrd of rowdies?''
Owing to the large amount of snow on
the maintains, residents up the creek, in
this tdvn. Salisbury and Leicester, are
apprehnsive of high water when it goes
off; an some of them are getting their
fenceinto shape to Withstand flood.
Fortunately there is no frost in the
groun. so that more or less of the water
will sak in. In 1862, when the great
flood ccurred, the ground was frozen
hard, Id residents say.
Mr.. Horace Crane, of whose serious
illnessnention has been made, died on
Sunda! at the home of his brother-in-law.
Col. Tlcy. The funeral was attended
from tie house on Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. lr. Carpenter, rector of st.
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